Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Shugo Chara! And definitely never will…
-Chapter Four-
"And, that's the story of why I fell in love with Hinamori," Kuukai finished. He downed the rest of his drink.
Tenshi wrote in a book, nodding as she went.
Kuukai sweat dropped, "Hey, hey, you do know that if you do that, people can read everything…"
Tenshi looked up, "Hmm? Oh that? No never mind, I wrote it all in Greek….. By the way, delay in reaction….. That is one of the most touching and interesting story I've ever heard! Whoknew Kai-kun could be so sensitive?"
She wiped away imaginary tears
'She's really different from the time I bumped into her this morning…'
Kuukai sweat dropped again. "Are you seriously gonna play cupid?"
"Sure!"
"Be my guest. I'm sure you're gonna fail anyhow…"
"What makes you so sure?"
"She obviously likes Tadase."
"Tadase?"
"One of my childhood friends as well…."
"Oh. Never mind. I won't fail you Kai-kun! I'm a hundred percent sure!"
"Wanna bet?"
"Bring it on," a fiery look of determination burned in Tenshi's eyes.
"Fine. You choose your own conditions and I'll choose my own. I however, am the one who sets the deadline," Kuukai decided.
"Sure. Whatever you prefer," Tenshi crossed her legs and folded her arms. Her eyes had a look that said 'I'm-not-gonna-lose-this-thing'
"Okay you choose conditions first," Kuukai said, folding his arms behind his head. He sat backwards into his seat and tilted it backwards.
"Hmm…" Tenshi pondered for a moment and finally said, "You gotta make me best man at your wedding!"
Kuukai was caught off guard for a moment and he tilted too far and his chair toppled over as a result.
"Kai-kun! Are you okay?" Tenshi quickly went beside him to help him up.
"Oww… it hurts but I'm fine…" with Tenshi's help, he stood up and sat in his chair again.
"Are you kidding? That's over-confident, don't cha think Tenshi?" Kuukai asked, raising an eyebrow.
"My condition," Tenshi said. She had a look of stubborn determination on her face.
Kuukai sighed. "Fine. It's not like you'll win anyway. But how can you be best man? You're a girl for God's sake!"
Tenshi grinned. "Expect the unexpected! Who'll mind?"
"Me… obviously… anyway my condition when I win this bet would be that you'll have to obey whatever I say for a day!" Kuukai smirked.
"Sure," Tenshi said without hesitation.
'This girl's really confident that she'll win…' Kuukai thought.
"Okay then! Before we seal the deal, I'll give you until graduation day. That ought to give you a lot of time. Fair enough?" Kuukai asked.
Tenshi nodded. "Fair and square."
Both of them shook hands and grinned at each other.
(Somewhere in the school gardens)
"Amu-chi!!!! Can I have that last cookie?" Yaya asked Amu.
They were both eating lunch together with Tadase in the school gardens.
"Sure. Go right ahead," Amu said absent-mindedly.
Tadase looked at his friend questioningly. "Is something wrong with you Hinamori-san?"
"Yeah Amu-chi, it seems like there's something wrong with you!" Yaya added.
Amu snapped out of her daydream and blushed a little. "I'm sorry! It's just that I'm wondering why Kuukai isn't joining us for lunch as usual today…."
"That's right… it's not really soccer season yet…." Tadase reasoned as well.
Yaya bit into her cookie and casually said, "Maybe being the soccer fanatic he is, he might be playing soccer with his buddies even though it's not the season yet."
'Or is it that he's with that girl?' Amu thought. 'Maybe he was asked to show her around or something…'
"If you're really that worried, let's go look for him at the soccer field. Shall we? Hinamori-san?" Tadase smiled kindly and stood up, offering his hand to her.
Amu blushed lightly. "Thank you. Sorry to bother you though…"
Yaya bounced up. "All right! Let's go look for Kuukai!!!" She punched her fists into the air as a sign of her enthusiasm.
(Soccer field)
Marada panted heavily. "Darn. This guy's really impressive. When's Souma gonna come and shine for us? Oh, that's right. He's with the new class beauty."
"Oi! Marada! That kid is coming at your direction! Get the ball! Get the ball!" one of his team mates yelled frantically while waving his arms.
Marada and his soccer team mates had been fooling around in the soccer field during lunch hour. They had been peacefully kicking the ball at one another when a foreign-looking kid had come into the field and had called them 'Soccer suckers'.
That had waged war between the school's soccer team and the boy. Marada, who was chosen to be captain when Kuukai wasn't around, had challenged the boy to see who was better.
The 'Soccer Suckers' or the kid himself.
Marada had said, if the boy single-handedly managed to defeat the school's star soccer team, they would allow him to call them the 'Soccer Suckers'.
"Arghh! At this rate, I'm doomed to be on a team called 'the Soccer Suckers!' " Marada said, he clenched his fists and teeth and readied himself to swipe the ball away from the kid.
(With Tenshi and Kuukai)
"Now…" Kuukai started. "I'm gonna show you one of the best places in this school!"
Kuukai covered Tenshi's eyes with both his hands and guided her to the soccer field.
"Hmm… if you want to keep this secret so much, it must be really awesome huh?
Tenshi analyzed her surroundings and tried to guess where Kuukai was bringing her.
' Loud noises. Sound of people running. Shouting orders. Guys shouting orders. To the right. That kid… that dumb red-fringed kid….' Tenshi thought. 'RED FRINGED KID?'
"Ta…." Kuukai was about to take his hands of Tenshi's eyes when she herself removed them.
She instantly shouted, eyes wide open, "RYUU!"
"Dah?" Kuukai finished, sweat-dropping.
Instantly, a striking teenager with spiky blonde hair and a red fringe leapt over Marada, scored a goal and jumped up towards Tenshi and Kuukai.
"Wha-?" Marada said.
"What are you doing here? You're not supposed to be in this school!" Tenshi said.
"But he's wearing our uniform…" Kuukai reasoned.
Which was true.
The boy, called Ryuu had his uniform on. School shirt with the top buttons undone and not tucked in properly, tie loose around the neck, school pants and school blazer slung over his shoulder. However, despite the fact that his uniform was not worn according to rules and he had a small silver hoop earring on each ear, he was unmistakably wearing the school uniform.
"Osu!" Ryuu saluted Tenshi with both his fingers.
"Don't 'osu!' me!" Tenshi protested. "You were supposed to be in a different school!"
Marada came up, so did Amu, Yaya and Tadase. The rest of the soccer team were left in the field, wondering why this strange kid had suddenly ran up towards that girl.
"Have you seen her before?"
"No… but I hear that there are transfer students coming though…those two blondes might be those students…"
"Should I try asking her out?"
"No, should I try asking if she wants me to show her around the school?"
Marada said, "Hey, captain! Do you know this cocky moron? He came up to me and called us 'Soccer Suckers'! "
The rest of them sweat dropped while Ryuu himself laughed out loud.
"It's not a laughing matter Souma! He disgraced us soccer players and worse, HE BEAT US!" Marada looked really devastated and bent down, starting to doodle in the sand, looking rejected.
Tenshi sweat dropped. She bent down next to Marada and said, "I'm sorry Marada-kun. Don't feel bad. This guy's just not really that good when it comes to manners. He's just a heartless, ignorant, arrogant, and silly--"
"Oi, oi….." Ryuu tilted his head up, eyes closed and arms behind his head. He opened one eye and said, "Are you sure that's the correct way to describe your older brother?"
Kuukai and Marada's jaws dropped. While on the other hand, Tadase and Yaya were wondering who these two strangers were. Amu blinked rapidly, trying to figure out the current situation.
"You're this bastard's sister? That's impossible!" Marada said.
"Hey, I've got a dad all right? No use callin' me bastard," Ryuu said dismissively.
"He's my brother all right. My older brother." Tenshi confirmed.
Ryuu put his hands on his hips, grinned and said, "Right! Koigokoro Ryuu at your service! Age, seventeen. New transferee even though my sister doesn't know. Fine pleasure to meet you!"
He bowed gallantly to the ladies, Amu and Yaya, who clapped for him.
He suddenly went to Tenshi, hugged her and started rubbing his head against her.
"Teeeenshiiii!!!!! Why can't I be in the same school? It's not fair that I, your most loving brother can't be in the same school! Why does it have to be that Yuuki and Yuuma get to be with you huh? It ain't fair I tell you, it ain't fair!"
From cool teenage boy, his personality turned into that of a clingy little boy with Tenshi as his mom.
Instead of being annoyed, Tenshi just said, "All right, all right, it's fine. But just don't cause trouble for others all right?"
"I really can't keep up with them…" Marada confided to Kuukai and the others.
"Agreed," the rest chorused.
"Well, I'm just gonna leave you people now all right? I'm gonna play soccer again…I'll challenge you to a re-match Koigokoro Ryuu!" Marada waved to them, and jogged back down to join the rest of his team mates who bombarded him with questions.
"Well… let's go somewhere to clear up this huge cloud of misunderstanding all right?" Kuukai suggested.
The others nodded.
(School gardens)
Ryuu, Tenshi, Kuukai, Amu, Tadase and Yaya sat around in a small round patio in the school gardens.
"So umm… who are this girl and this boy?" Tadase asked politely.
"Ah! Sorry. Let me introduce myself! I'm Koigokoro Tenshi. I just transferred from Greece so I'm new to this school. My brother too. Kai-kun's being nice and is showing me around the school," Tenshi politely bowed.
"You know me already. Koigokoro Ryuu. There's no need for me to introduce myself again…" Ryuu said.
He shot a suspicious glance at Kuukai. Kuukai sweat dropped.
"Let us introduce ourselves!" Yaya said excitedly.
"I'm Yuiki Yaya! I'm fourteen! Welcome to this school Tenshi-chan and Ryuu!" Yaya said she repeatedly shook Ryuu's and Tenshi's hands up and down.
"And I'm Hotori Tadase. Age, fifteen as well. I'm Hinamori-san's classmate," Tadase he smiled. He also exchanged handshakes with Ryuu and Tenshi.
"Umm… is it all right if I call you Tenshi?" Amu asked awkwardly.
Tenshi nodded.
"Thanks! Well, I'm Hinamori Amu! I'm fifteen as well. Nice to meet you once again, Tenshi and Koigokoro-senpai!" Amu said.
"Great, so now we're all happy and we know each other! That's great!" Kuukai said.
"Nuh-uh." Ryuu said.
"What?"
The youngsters looked at Tenshi's brother. His piercing ice blue eyes were staring right into Kuukai's eyes.
"This soccer captain hasn't introduced himself to me yet."
"Oh sorry man. I'm Souma Kuukai. Nice ta meet you!" he gave Ryuu his signature grin and held out his hand to shake.
Ryuu looked at his hand, looked at Kuukai and then said, "Hmph."
He turned his head away and resumed clinging to his sister.
The others sweat-dropped while Kuukai was in his own little 'I-got-rejected-and-I-feel-very-bad-about-it' corner.
Ryuu looked at Kuukai out of the corner of his eye and thought, 'Souma Kuukai huh? So this is who you are…'
"Ryuu! You shouldn't be so mean to Kai-kun!" Tenshi protested.
"Fine. Nice to meet you Sucker Captain," Ryuu said.
The word 'Sucker Captain' stabbed Kuukai and made him feel more rejected.
"Ryuu!"
"I don't care."
Tadase, Amu and Yaya sweat dropped at their senior's behavior.
"Anyway, I have to go see the principal," Ryuu said.
He got up and said, "See ya! See ya after school! Don't come too late. If you see Yuuki or Yuuma, tell them that big bro's in school!"
He disappeared out from the gardens.
"You have a strange brother," Kuukai said, he took a seat next to Tenshi.
"I know. He may be like that but he's really talented and can be very serious," Tenshi said with a look of fondness in her eyes.
"So… Koigokoro-san…" Tadase said. "You're one of the new rumored transfer students?"
Tenshi replied, "Well I don't know about 'rumored' but I'm definitely a transferee."
"Is Greek candy nice?" Yaya asked.
"Well, Yuiki-san, I guess you could say that," Tenshi laughed.
They spent the rest of their lunch hour getting to know Tenshi better.
(Somewhere in the school's corridors)
Ryuu looked around for someone.
"When can a human being appear to let me ask directions for the principal's office?" Ryuu asked himself, irritated.
As if God had heard his question, two identical boys with platinum blonde hair and turquoise eyes appeared from around the corner. The only difference between both boys was that one had spiky hair whereas the other had wavy hair.
"Yuuki! Yuuma!" Ryuu called out happily.
The boys stopped and looked at him for a while.
"Is that you, Ryuu?" the spiky-haired twin asked.
"Yup, it's me! How're ya Yuuki?" Ryuu asked.
"We just saw you a few hours ago at home?" the wavy haired blonde said, raising an eyebrow. "Besides, what're you doing here and wearing the uniform as well?"
"Yuuma, it's not like I can't be here. I already asked dad if I could attend this school. Man, you and Tenshi asked the exact same question," Ryuu said.
The spiky haired boy, Yuuki said, "Make that Yuuma, Tenshi and me as well."
Ryuu sweat dropped. "Anyhow, bring me to the principal's office, will ya?"
"Actually, we were going to look for Tenshi…" Yuuki said.
"I don't care. Little brothers are supposed to listen to their big brothers," Ryuu said. "Besides, I need to talk to the principal."
Yuuma sighed. "All right. Let's go bring him to the office, Yuuki."
Yuuki nodded. "All right. Looking for Tenshi can wait."
Ryuu trailed after his younger brothers. After a few minutes, they stopped outside a fancy oak door with a plate 'Principal' hung outside on it.
"Do you both want to come in with me?" Ryuu asked his brothers.
The twins looked at each other.
"Should we?" Yuuki asked Yuuma.
"I think we should," Yuuma agreed.
"Sure, we'll go in with you," the twins chorused in unison.
Ryuu knocked on the door.
"Come in!" a male voice called out.
The three of them went into the room and bowed and greeted the principal, "Good to see you, Uncle Takei."
The principal, a man in his early forties with black hair and brown eyes smiled at them, "Ah… good to see you boys. Ryuu, Yuuki and Yuuma I presume?"
Ryuu smirked. "So you also practiced that huh? I admit, it's a little difficult to learn to call each other those names. But Tenshi seems to be doing fine. After all, it is all due to her we're doing this."
"You boys owe her a lot if I remember correctly," their uncle said.
Yuuma and Yuuki nodded while Ryuu grimaced.
"Don't remind me. So uncle, what kind of boy is this Souma Kuukai?" Ryuu asked, changing the subject.
"Ahh… I was about to ask you if you had met him or not," Takei said.
"I and Yuuki certainly haven't met him," Yuuma said.
"I met him all right," Ryuu said.
"And what did you think of him?" Takei asked.
Ryuu looked at him. "He's really nothing. Is he really the son of that great Souma-san?"
Principal Takei chuckled, "Don't judge a book by its cover, Ryuu. You always do that. The boy is a fine young man. He's very bright and good at sports. He might be soccer captain but he isn't too bad in basketball either."
Ryuu cocked an eyebrow. "A soccer freak good at basketball? Really?"
"Ryuu still has a certain hate towards soccer," Yuuma said.
"Although he's awesome at it, he prefers to play basketball though…" Yuuki said, shaking his head.
"Hey, I only hate soccer because of that one time when Tenshi almost died all because a miserable soccer ball all right?" Ryuu said, irritated.
"We sure won't forget about that incident in a hurry. But anyway, back to the point. Do you consent or not?" Takei asked.
Ryuu smirked at his uncle with a mischievous look in his eyes. "I'd never consent for anyone. But even though that's my opinion, in the end only dad and mom are allowed to consent her and she's allowed to decide whether she wants to go with it or not."
"Don't forget us!" Yuuki said, gesturing to himself and Yuuma.
"You boys haven't met him right?" Takei asked.
"Yup."
"Tell me again when you have met him. Until then, goodbye!"
The boys excused themselves and exited the office. The bell rang signaling the end of lunch hour.
"Well then lil' bros, I shall be going to my own class right now. See ya after school!" with a parting wave, he walked off to the direction of his classroom.
"Let's go Yuuki," Yuuma said.
The left for their own classroom as well.
(With Tenshi and Kuukai)
"So, that is how you're supposed to solve this question. It's really simple…" Tenshi was teaching Kuukai how to solve the maths questions that their teacher had set for them.
"Wow, who knew you're actually a genius?" Kuukai mumbled, following Tenshi's instructions, he solved the maths question which he had been stuck at.
"It's not a matter whether you're a genius or not, you just need to understand the formula, get your brain gears working and you can solve the question," Tenshi said, she went back to doing her work.
"So… that was the Tadase you were talking about huh?" Tenshi said, not looking up from her work.
"Sure. Ain't he a beauty?" Kuukai asked, laughing a little.
"Very funny Kai-kun. Tadase-kun is nice enough but I think you're much more fun to be with," Tenshi said truthfully.
"Thank you for the compliment but in the area of looks, I'd bet that he wins," Kuukai said. "He was used to be called 'Prince' or 'King' in elementary school.
"Yes, I know, you told me that more than ten times already. Listen Kai-kun, for girls, they usually look for what's inside, not the outside. But if you ask me, I'd say that you were more better looking than him!" Tenshi said with a smile.
She set down her pen and went up to hand in her work to the teacher.
Kuukai stared after her. 'She sure knows how to make a guy feel better…' Kuukai thought fondly.
"Amu-chan seems like very nice person though!" Tenshi said, sitting down beside him again. "I can understand why you're in love with her."
"Really?" Kuukai asked.
Tenshi nodded. "Yup. You should really tell her your feelings first. See how it goes."
Kuukai sweat dropped. "That's your first official advice as cupid?"
"Exactly"
"Not gonna take you up on that one."
"Why not?"
"I could've done that a long time ago. 'Cept for the fact that I'm gutless," Kuukai scratched the back of his head.
" I don't think you're gutless," Tenshi said.
"How do you know?"
Tenshi seemed to hesitate before answering, " I just do."
Kuukai sighed. "I'm still not going to do it so you'd better come up with another plan if you want to win."
"Fine…"
The rest of the school day ended quickly.
(After school)
Kuukai stretched and yawned.
"I detest History…" he muttered.
"I'm heading home now, Kai-kun. You can finally relieve yourself of me," Tenshi said good-naturedly.
'I actually enjoyed being with her…' Kuukai thought. 'And I don't seem to miss soccer that much…'
"Hey, I—" Kuukai started.
But Tenshi was gone from the classroom and he could hear her voice saying, "Bye Kai-kun!"
Kuukai blinked a few times and said, "Well, I guess it's back to the soccer field for me…"
(Outside the school)
Students were staring at Ryuu, Yuuma and Yuuki. They were leaning against the wall next to the school gate and together, looked like a boy band group.
The female students were especially gushing over their good looks.
"You know that guy with the red fringe? He's in my class! Isn't he a total hottie?"
"Those two who look alike are not bad too!"
"Hey, do you think they're actually celebrities who want to experience normal school life?"
Having rather sharp hearing, Ryuu was scowling unhappily and he grumbled, "When's Tenshi going to come? And for God's sake, we ain't celebrities!"
"Be patient. I'm sure sis is coming soon," Yuuki said.
"Speak of the devil, here she comes!" Yuuma said.
Tenshi walked up to them with a smile on her face. "Yuuma! Yuuki! Ry—"
The rest of her words were muffled by Ryuu hugging her and crying anime tears at the same time.
"Tenshi!!! Where were you? I thought you were kidnapped!"
'No, he didn't. He didn't think that at all,' the twins thought, sweat dropping.
The rest of the female students who had been admiring the boys were rather shocked when this equally good looking girl had come up to the boys. And worse, when Ryuu had hugged her.
"Are they together?"
"But she's really pretty as well…"
The male students however…
"It's that Koigokoro girl from our class! What's she doing with those three?"
"I heard that the red fringe totally dominated the soccer field during lunch hour…"
"No joke?!? But our soccer team's the nation-wide champions!"
"And the worst part is that he thinks soccer's stupid!"
The siblings heard everything and ignored them.
"Let's go home now," Yuuma said.
Grabbing Tenshi's hand, he led the way back to their home.
After they were out of sight from the school, Yuuki asked, "So, how was your day at school?"
"It was… fine I guess," Tenshi said.
"Met Souma Kuukai?"
"Sure I did," Tenshi confirmed with a nod.
"What did you think of him then?" Yuuma asked.
"Well… I'd say that he's interesting, fun, kind and all sorts," Tenshi said.
"Hmph. I don't think so," Ryuu said stubbornly.
"You're just like that cause he's a soccer captain," Tenshi said back.
"I'm hurt." Ryuu said.
"Stop being such a girl, Ryuu," Yuuma said.
"Fine."
They reached an area which was fenced off with strong oak fences which stood at about 20 feet high.
The group walked towards the entrance for that fence. Ryuu pushed a button beside the door and the intercom switched on.
"Yes, good afternoon, who is this?" a voice asked.
"It's us," Ryuu said.
"Oh, young master! Welcome back! Give me a moment to open up the doors!"
The wooden doors opened revealing an estate. Several people stopped what they were doing and bowed to them in respect and greeted them.
"Welcome back, young masters and mistress."
Being polite, they greeted them back and Tenshi waved to the people she passed by.
"Dad sure hired a lot of people quickly huh?" Ryuu commented.
"At least the dormitory building will look lived-in," Tenshi reasoned.
"It was quite creepy without anyone living in it."
"True."
They entered a huge mansion and headed their separate ways.
"See ya guys at dinner!" Ryuu shouted.
(Dinner time)
A family of eight males and two females sat around a dining table. They had all different versions of blonde hair and blue eyes. Except the two females. Those two had lilac colored eyes.
Among these people, they were Yuuma, Yuuki, Ryuu and of course, Tenshi. Their father was sitting at the head of the table. For a man in his early forties, he looked relatively young. With his messy, dirty blonde hair and sea-blue eyes, he was almost every bit as good-looking as his seven sons. (A/N: I know, crazy. Sue me. I don't care! :D)
You could see that Tenshi inherited her mysterious beauty from her mother. Her mother had wavy, platinum blonde hair and almond-shaped lilac eyes. (A/N: I'll only introduce the rest of the brothers in the future chapters)
"So… Tenshi… how was your day? Did you meet him?" their father asked.
"My day was fine. And yes father, I did meet him," Tenshi replied.
"Soccer sucker…" Ryuu mumbled.
Yuuki shot him a look.
Ryuu held up his hands and shrugged.
" What did you think of him dear?" Tenshi's mother asked.
"He's a nice guy. A good person," Tenshi said.
"Still planning to continue the charade? Tenshi?" their father asked, his eyes burning with mischief.
"You know I want to," Tenshi said, an equally mischievous look in her eyes.
(Souma household)
Kuukai ate his food hungrily. Soccer had taken a toll on his appetite.
"So Kuukai, how was your day?" Ryuutsuki asked.
"It was fine old man," Kuukai said, his mouth full of food.
"Don't do that Kai-chan!" his mother scolded.
Upon hearing the name 'Kai-chan', Kuukai choked on his food and started coughing violently.
His mother immediately went to his side and started patting his back and forcing water down his throat to clear his gullet.
'Man, mom reminds me of Tenshi somehow. Immediately helping me when I choke on my food and calling me the short form of my name…' Kuukai thought in realization.
"What's wrong with you ?" Ryuutsuki asked, his eyebrows furrowing in worry.
"Nah, it's nothing. It's just I swallowed my food a bit too soon," Kuukai assured his dad.
"Are you sure? Nothing happened at school or anything?" Ryuutsuki asked persistently.
"You're thinking about the engagement thing right?" Kuukai asked suspiciously.
Ryuutsuki started sweating cold sweat. "Uh-no! Of course not! Haha… what makes you think so?"
"You. Obviously, old man," Kuukai said, he went back to eating his food.
"Kai-chan!" Yuri warned.
"It's okay Yuri. So? Did you meet her yet?" Ryuutsuki asked.
"No. Definitely not. I swear," Kuukai said.
Ryuutsuki sighed. "I wonder when they're gonna introduce you to her…"
Kuukai shrugged. "I don't know why you're so worked up about this. Maybe when I meet her, she won't like me then she'll dump me. End of story. Besides, it's me who's engaged. Not you."
Ryuutsuki saw some truth in his son's sensible words.
' Besides, Tenshi said the exact same thing… If I explain properly to my fiancé, she probably would call off the engagement. Speaking of which, I wonder if she herself is happy about this engagement thing…' Kuukai thought to himself.
He saw a vivid image of Tenshi with her mischievous look in his mind.
He chuckled a little to himself. 'Cupid huh? I met Cupid's brother...'
"What's so funny Kuukai?" Ryuutsuki asked.
"Nothing old man. Private joke," Kuukai replied.
Author: So... I sped up a little on this chapter. Reviews are greatly appreciated.
-MewKohaku